⏳ #BlackInTime celebrates the pioneers who shaped the future of science. People like Dr. Mary Logan Reddick and Timnit Gebru remind us that Black innovation has always been at the forefront of discovery. ✨ #BINW26

📢 JOB ALERT! 📢 I am recruiting a 30-month postdoc to work on modelling the vision of trilobites @hfspo.bsky.social ! If you like 3D data, fossils, and functional morphology, this is the one for you! 📆Deadline 27. Aug Pls contact me with any Qs and share widely! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Hey #ICN2026! Come by my poster this afternoon if you want to hear about some beautiful tiny sea stars and their beautiful tiny eyes!

⏳️ Only 42 days left to submit your abstract for #ABL2026! Share your research with our global, free and fully online animal behaviour community. Don't miss the opportunity to present your work! 📅 Abstract submission deadline: 6 September 2026 Send it now! https:// ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/

ICB celebrates #NationalSeaStarDay Sea Star Superpowers: Celebrating our Ocean Superheroes for National Sea Star Day by Colleen Hecker on the work of Matt McHenry & Theodora Po, PhD read in full integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/07/28/s... #science #biology

📢 Heads-up: I'm currently finalising the job description for a 30-month postdoc modelling visual abilities in these very gorgeous and very dead creatures! If you're interested, please get in touch - anticipated start is late 2026/early 2027 and the project combines great colleagues in UK + S Korea!

Lauren Sumner-Rooney@laurensr.bsky.social · 4mo ago

So excited to have received an #HFSPResearchGrant to study trilobite eyes with Luke Parry @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social and Gil Ju Lee (Pusan National University)!🥳 I'll be recruiting a postdoc @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - if 3D data, optical modelling, and fossils tickle your interest, stay tuned!

"The next time you hover over [a scallop] on a dive, remember you’re not just looking at a shell with eyes. You’re looking at an animal that’s also looking at you." Lovely quote by Dan Speiser

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 3w ago

The ‘Surprisingly Sophisticated’ Way Scallops See This mollusk might be a lot more complicated than you think www.scubadiving.com/marinelife/s...

Do you (or your lab) have an exciting new science update? Get a new paper published? Or have anything you would like to share about your science? If so, fill out this DNNSB media post request form! DNNSB is excited to support our members and share great science! Form link: forms.gle/YNb2cywQ6jTs...

RE: OMB-2026-0034 Comments Vought was unprepared for the revolt on his hands and they are struggling and/or obstructing to get comments up in real time. They have weeks to actually post things after a review, so the numbers and specific individual comments may take time showing up. 1/3

🚨UPDATE: We will launch our action center on this issue tomorrow. 📣JOIN US: Emergency Science Meeting (Virtual) June 2nd at 4pm et. Details to come. Our Policy Team has read through the entire 400 page hot mess express from Russ Vought...here are the high level details. A Thread🧵 1/x

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 2mo ago

BREAKING: New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion". #standupforscience public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf

🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n

Want to do a postdoc at Friday Harbor Labs? We have two positions open. Apply by March 1st. I am happy to discuss potential projects with fish people. apply.interfolio.com/180092 🧪

SO EXCITED to be finally talking about some funky preliminary results on the eyes of this funky harvestman at #SICB2026 on Tuesday! Here are a few sneak peak pics :D

This is incredibly cool: if you search for a condition that’s affected your family, the site returns stats on how much NIH has done for that disease, *and* a contact form for reaching out to tell your Members of Congress why you want to see them defend NIH. Pass it on!

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems. As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting. But what can authors do? Read here: societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

So Meta jacked multiple editions of my two books to train their AI. They even ingested the Spanish-language version. I don't recall granting permission. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Please share: @delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group. They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...

2025 Federal Financial Assistance Freeze

On Monday, January 27th, 2025, President Trump issued an order to freeze virtually all of approved and legally required federal funding.

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The public comment period for changing passports to misgender trans people is open. Please take a moment to let them know that you do not support that change.

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for a U.S. Passport

The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on these collections from all interested individuals and organizations....

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Only 5 days left to submit an application to this summer's #REU - BLINKS program! We're excited to have so many awesome projects lined up 🎉 🦊🦀🪸🐠🌕🌱♻️🌏🌊🤖🐚☁️ Please pass this along and check out our website for project descriptions and application info: fhl.uw.edu/research/sum... @fishguy.bsky.social

Earth & Life Sciences Academics communicating the new EO about indirect rates, imma need you to improve yer messaging- maybe don't say "If I get a million dollar grant, my uni gets another $700k to keep the lights on & water running" bc isn't going to get the traction you think it is-

a woman in a floral dress is sitting in front of a sign that says chuckles in rich .

ALT: a woman in a floral dress is sitting in front of a sign that says chuckles in rich .

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Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines? Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take. thebullshitmachines.com

INTRODUCTION

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Did you know some single-cell dinoflagellates have a lens eye? Anders Garm at the University of Copenhagen is recruiting a postdoc to help find out why. Check out the advertisement, below 🧪 candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI... photo: Franz Neidl

Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh

EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders

Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review

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If anyone happens to need it this week for...reasons...this is the best graphic on the complexity of human sex determination I've ever seen. I use it in an undergrad course on gene regulatory mechanisms. Shoutout to @unamandita.bsky.social! www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo...

Beyond XX and XY: The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination

A host of factors figure into whether someone is female, male or somewhere in between

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Our REU summer program just went live. Here is the application form... etap.nsf.gov/award/499/op... And here are the project descriptions... fhl.uw.edu/research/sum... There is a short time line on this. Please pass it to any interested undergrads.

Are you PhD student or Postdoc working in the field of Neuroethology? Then apply as a speaker for the Webinar Series 'The Future Of Neuroethology'

☀️ Looking to get paid & gain valuable research experience this summer? REUs are ~6-8 weeks summer programs for undergrads. They are very helpful for post-grad jobs & applying to grad or professional schools! See our REU database to learn more! ➡️ cientificolatino.com/reu

Have SCUBA/boating/ecology skills, willing to spend 4+ months/year abroad, and interested in a technician position? Join us at the Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research Station! Position is based near CSUN :) careers.pageuppeople.com/873/nr/en-us...